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  • Section 92 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 92 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Enforcement of maintenance orders by attachment of earnings. It provides as follows: An order under this Act for the payment of maintenance may be enforced in accordance with the Third Schedule to this Act and the provisions of that…

  • Section 91 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 91 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Summary enforcement of orders for maintenance. It provides as follows: (1) Where pursuant to this Act, a court has made an order for payment of maintenance, the order may be registered in accordance with rules of court in a…

  • Section 90 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 90 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Recovery of moneys as judgement debt. It provides as follows: (1) Where a decree made under this Act orders the payment of money to a person, any moneys payable under the decree may be recovered as a judgment debt…

  • Section 89 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 89 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Enforcement of decrees by other High Courts. It provides as follows: (1) A decree made under this Act by a court having jurisdiction under this Act may, in accordance with rules of court, be registered in another court having…

  • Section 88 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 88 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Attachment. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to rules of court, a court having jurisdiction under this Act may enforce by attachment or other process an order made by it under this Act for payment of maintenance or costs…

  • Section 87 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 87 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Evidence of rape, etc. It provides as follows: (1) In any proceedings under this Act-(a) evidence that a person, being a party to a marriage, was after the marriage convicted, whether in Nigeria or elsewhere, of the crime or…

  • Section 86 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 86 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Proof of marriage, etc. It provides as follows: In proceedings under this Act the court may receive as evidence of the facts stated in it, a document purporting to be either the original or a certified copy of any…

  • Section 85 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 85 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Evidence as to adultery. It provides as follows: (1) A witness in proceedings under this Act who being a party, voluntarily gives evidence on his own behalf or, whether he is a party or not, is called by a…

  • Section 84 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 84 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Evidence of non-access. It provides as follows: Notwithstanding any rule of law, in proceedings under this Act either party to a marriage may give evidence proving or tending to prove that the parties to the marriage did not have…

  • Section 83 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 83 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Evidence of husbands and wives. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this Part of this Act, all parties and the wives and husbands of all parties are competent and compellable witnesses in proceedings under this Act. (2) Subject…